Photo by Rebecca Kidd | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 03.15.2019
A piece of the STURGIS sits on land after the final water piece of the vessel was removed. After serving in World War II, the STUGIS was converted into the world’s first floating nuclear plant in the 1960’s, housing the MH-1A nuclear reactor. After being shut down in 1976, the STUGIS’s formal decommissioning effort began in 2012 and was completed in summer of 2018 with the safe removal......
Photo by Rebecca Kidd | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 03.15.2019
The final piece of the STURGIS sits on land, marking the major milestone of the completion of the decommissioning and dismantling of the STURGIS vessel. This historic vessel was converted into the world’s first floating nuclear plant in the 1960’s after serving in World War II as a Liberty Ship. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates that approximately 5,800 tons of steel and other......
Photo by Rebecca Kidd | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 03.15.2019
The STRUGIS project team commemorated the final section of the vessel being removed from the water and placed on the dock for sectioning into smaller pieces to be made available for recycling. This milestone marks the completion of the decommissioning and dismantling of the STURGIS vessel....
Photo by Rebecca Kidd | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 09.25.2018
The STURGIS is towed from the Galveston pier to the shipping channel September 25, 2018 as it heads toward Brownsville, Texas for final shipbreaking and recycling. Over the past three years in Galveston, Texas, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been implementing the challenging and complex efforts to decommission the MH-1A — the deactivated nuclear reactor that was onboard the STURGIS vessel....
Photo by Rebecca Kidd | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 09.25.2018
The STURGIS is towed from the Galveston shipping channel into open water Tuesday morning September 25, 2018 as it heads toward Brownsville, Texas for final shipbreaking and recycling. Over the past three years in Galveston, Texas, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been implementing the challenging and complex efforts to decommission the MH-1A — the deactivated nuclear reactor that was......
Photo by Rebecca Kidd | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 09.25.2018
Members of the project team watch from the pier Tuesday morning September 25, 2018 as crews finish the rigging necessary for STURGIS to be towed from Galveston, Texas to Brownsville, Texas for her final shipbreaking and recycling. Over the past three years in Galveston, Texas, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been implementing the challenging and complex efforts to decommission the MH-1A......
Photo by Rebecca Kidd | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 09.25.2018
The STURGIS, which was the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, is towed from the Galveston shipping channel into open water Tuesday morning September 25, 2018 as it heads toward Brownsville, Texas for final shipbreaking and recycling. The vessel is being towed from Galveston where it has undergone radiological decommissioning that included the safe removal of all components of its......
Photo by Rebecca Kidd | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 09.25.2018
The STURGIS, which was the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, is towed from the Galveston shipping channel into open water Tuesday morning September 25, 2018 as it heads toward Brownsville, Texas for final shipbreaking and recycling. The vessel is being towed from Galveston where it has undergone radiological decommissioning that included the safe removal of all components of its......
